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Bill White
Bill White
stated on March 2, 2010 a speech
"There's almost 1 million Texans who are unemployed and that's an all-time record number in our state."
True
March 7, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on March 4, 2010 a speech
"Debt has almost doubled in Austin under Gov. Perry."
True
March 4, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on February 20, 2010 a statement on his Web site
Florida "has the second-highest foreclosure rate in the nation."
Mostly True
By Lukas Pleva • March 2, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 8, 2010 a TV advertisement.
"I vetoed more than $3 billion in spending. Lawmakers and I cut taxes for 40,000 small businesses. Now Texas is No. 1 in job creation. The nation’s five best housing markets are right here in Texas. We balanced five state budgets and we cut state spending."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 25, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on February 9, 2010 a press release
"Mayor White has major stake in Barnett Shale production company."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 22, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on February 8, 2010 a debate
"My opponent... lost 43,000 jobs in Houston since he took over; we are losing jobs."
False
February 18, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on February 2, 2010 a questionnaire
"As Houston's mayor, I helped our area lead the nation in job growth."
False
February 18, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 17, 2010 an address at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building
"So far, the Recovery Act is responsible for the jobs of about 2 million Americans who would otherwise be unemployed. ... [And] the Recovery Act is on track to save or create another 1.5 million jobs in 2010."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 11, 2010 a press release
Despite touting the economic stimulus as a great triumph, "The very same report, however, notes that unemployment will average 10 percent for the rest of the year."
Mostly True
February 12, 2010
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on February 3, 2010 an interview with Bill O'Reilly
One-third of the economic stimulus package was tax cuts.
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • February 10, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 6, 2010 a speech to members of the Tea Party
Vice President Joe Biden's meeting "with the transparency and accountability board . . . was closed to the public."
False
By Catharine Richert • February 9, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on February 8, 2010 a debate.
Houston is "the third-most toxic city in the United States of America."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 9, 2010
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on January 29, 2010 a Republican gubernatorial debate
"The governor’s not taking his own fiscal advice. ... In the first fiscal quarter of this year, we’ve seen a 13.5 percent increase in spending, double-digit spending out of the executive branch in the State of Texas."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 8, 2010
Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on February 2, 2010 a Senate budget hearing
"The law is very clear! 'The monies recouped from the TARP shall be paid into the general fund of the treasury for the reduction of the public debt.'"
True
By Catharine Richert • February 5, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 2, 2010 a town meeting in New Hampshire
Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2010
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 27, 2010 an article on his Web site RonPaul.com
"The money supply has doubled in the last year."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva • February 5, 2010
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on January 31, 2010 an interview with Barbara Walters
"Federal employees are making twice as much as their private counterparts."
False
By Catharine Richert • February 3, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a Republican gubernatorial debate
"We cut property taxes by one-third."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 3, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 29, 2010 a Republican retreat in Baltimore
Obama came into office "with a $1.3 trillion deficit before I had passed any law. ... We came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • January 29, 2010
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 20, 2010 a press release
"Under (Rick Perry’s) watch as governor, over six million Texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2010
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